Tango Van - 1972 westy..

Both seats all wired In now! Nice and toasty

Drivers window all fixed and new felts in

nope, not at all jealous!

Well done bud!!

If it makes you feel better the cab door winder mech was a pain in the arse to fit, as had to remove most of the door trim, guide track and quarterlight and then some!

Also claimed most of the skin on my knuckles ..

update this rich ! get some pcis of the work today

Carpeted under the passenger seat today and tidied up the wiring.
thanks to wizbiz for lending a hand

nearly all wires hidden away.
Sorted out annoying twist I had in the Porsche seat belt also.
Just got to do drivers side next.

Re-greased front beam and swivel pin (as thought may aswell as I'd done Scoops' bus) ; found passenger top shock bolt a touch loose in the process so that's done now!!

gonna make a buddy seat up behind the drivers seat in the week - might hide a few goodies in it for the kids on the long journey south..



no pics at the mo... will get some when drivers side carpet done.

Carpet in!!







Have bolted seat back in and all wired up

will add some more pics soon..

looking good

forgot to mention: this carpet was put into the bus before the resto, so has old seat mounting point hols, most are covered by the new seat rails.

Also...


Thinking of making something a bit like this:
(Hotrod, earlybay.com - awesome thread btw)



maybe hidden tv, but might opt for a popup one, so it's inline with the back of the porsche headrest...



any thoughts... anyone made one before?

also got dimensions off early bay



got a load of spare ply.. as orginally used it as the main load area floor and behind both driver and backing seats.. hopefully enough.

pop up tv, cool!!
i am thinking of making one of these to fit my electric cool box in

Looking sweet fella!

That would very cool Rich, carpet looks good too.

his buddy seat

got a bit more to do to this yet!

basic frame made up now. has integral base and back boards, so can be bolted in and removed as a whole unit from the van.

have made the backrest and the cushion base, ready to fit in the morning... started to pour with rain so had to get the van back in (damn, I sound like Scoops now!!)

researching ideas (google ) for how to make the lcd screen fit and lift up and down...

Did I give you those sligin hinges I said about.
If not I've got a pair you can have gratis.

yep you already did! cheers dude. still scratching my head a bit over the best way to mount the lcd screen.

audio through the aux in on the stereo etc..

need to look at inverters, although the screen is an 12v DC 4.61 Amp input via a transformer from mains.. although the dvd player/console will have to be inverted.

Looking good rich , keep up the good work !

tango_van wrote:

researching ideas (google ) for how to make the lcd screen fit and lift up and down...

http://www.av4home.co.uk/acatalog/AV4-LF460_Flat_Screen_Lifting_Mechanism.html

I think a lot of people use a Mk2 or 3 Gold electric window motor and arm.

nick wiz biz electric window motor, job done

joker 67 wrote:

nick wiz biz electric window motor, job done

I'll distract him with his front beam and a piece of chalk! then go for the window mech!

I used a granada scorpio window winder in my split

anyone got one of these electric window winder mechs sat in their garage? Aiming to build and install all this by sunday!

If not, then going for a static install for the time being...

Try down the scrapyards by McDonalds.

whs^^^ try lenny harris'

todays efforts...

made a bracket of the screen




made the backrest and top cover (hinged)


test fitted in van (screen hidden from view)


top lid open



screen in up position



taken all apart and varnished


refitted in van and all power cables ran behind side panels to inverter under rear seat

you will not see the screen when the seat is trimmed..

storage under seat and power (for ps2 slimline etc)


Inverter under rear seat


have run 8AWG cable to leisure batt. with connectors under seat.

I will put in a 40amp fuse near the batt and a main cut off switch mounted through the seat base, as when kids in child seats.. the last thing I want to do is undo it all to lift the rear seat each time they want it on...

Fitting PS2 etc tomoz and upholstering seat cushions.


Will look into motor for lift at some point..